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    Researchers Break Open SSL/TLS Decryption

    Cynics say that the world runs on money, but money wouldn’t run as smoothly on the World Wide Web if it wasn’t for SSL/TLS. It’s the go-to encryption protocol for a lot of the Internet, and it’s supported by every major browser and many of the top websites around. But how secure is it? A pair of security researchers plan on demonstrating a serious TLS security flaw at the Ekoparty security conference later this week, and they plan on doing it with a bang: by decrypting a Paypal authentication cookie.
    Read more at: Maximum PC | Researchers Break Open SSL/TLS Decryption


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    Re: Researchers Break Open SSL/TLS Decryption

    Uh oh SSLStrip was bad enough!

    That's not good, but I'm intrigued to see how they manage it now!

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